Soap-box.



J. G. ROTE.

SOAP BOX.

APPLICATION FILED JUNEM. 1907.

Patented Apr. 5, 1910.

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JOI-IN G. ROTE, 40]? ]?ROOKl".|I1\TE,A MASSACHUSETTS.

SOAP-BOX To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN G. ROTE, a citizen of the United States, residing in Brookline, county 'of Norfolk, and Commonwealth' of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Soap-Boxes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention 'relates generally to soap boXes, and particularly to a receptacle for shaving soap and the like.

The objects of the invention are to improve and simplify the construction of such devices; furthermore, to increase their eiliciency in use, and to decrease the expense attending their manufacture.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, theinvention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter set forth, it being understood that chan res in the' precise embodiment of invention ierein disclosed can be made within the scope of the following claims without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the cap or cover. Fig. 2 is a similar view of a stick of soap. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the base or holder, "the parts shown in Figs. l, 2, and 3 being arranged in separated relation. Fig. 4'is a vertical section through the device with the stick of soap in elevation. Fig. 5 is a transverse section.

Like reference numerals indicate corresponding parts in the different figures of the drawing.

The reference numeral l indicates a holder ,which preferably is cupsha ed and is of the holder l.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 1l, 1907.

Patented Apr. 5, 1910.

serial No. 378,352.

Stick 4 and engagea with the external threads The upper end of the cover 5 is formed with a knurled flange 7, and is slightly dished upward, asshown, for purposes of ornamentation. The knurled flanges 2 and 7 are useful inI screwing and unscrewing the two parts of the receptacle.

The lower portion of the holder l, below the screw threads 3, is slightly enlarged, as shown, or in other words, is of greater diameter than the internally and externally threaded portion 3, for the three-fold purpose: first, of limiting the downward screwing movement of the cover 5 on the holder l; second, of affording an enlarged base to support the device in upright position; and third, of providing an enlarged chamber below the threads 3, so that, if desired, the stick 4 of soap or othertoilet material can be screwed down until its lower end mushrooms or spreads avainst the bottom of the holder l, and thus ills the enlarged portion thereof, so as to prevent accidental disengagement of the stick 4 from the holder. `So long as the upper end of the stick 4 of soap projects from vthe holder 1, it can be rubbedV on the face of the user to produce lather'. After the stick has been worn down to the upper end of the holder l, a shaving brush can 'be introduced into the holder to use up the remainder of the soap.

l am aware that soap holders have been made wherein the soap-stick is attached to one of the4 parts and a cover provided for engagement with said art, and I do not claim broadly such a vice. M device, however, constructed, as abovev escribed, especially from sheet metal, with the means for securing the soap Aand cover integral and formed by one operation, enables me to con-l struct an improved device which is simple, strong, durable, and inexpensive.

What is claimed is: f

A soap holder comprising a base having a shallow annular flange provided with a contracted portion formed-with a continuous spiral corrugation presenting external andinternal threads, a cap body having a bulged closed end'and an opposite open end, and a continuous spiral corrugation formed on the body at its opened end, to provide a thread for engagement with the external thread,l on the contracted portion the 'my hand in the presence of tWo subscribing flange Ato bring the oute surfaces ,of the Witnesses.'

latte: and the body in alinement with each other, the internal thread of the fange being JOHN G' ROTE adapted to securev a stick of soap n the base Witnesss:

against its bottom. B. READ,

In testimony whereof have hereunto set EL L BEES. 

